Steeler wonders if 49ers staged blackout

A bizarre night had by all, including the Steelers after the game was interrupted twice by two power outages. Pittsburgh players said they trudged back to a dark locker room during the 20-minute blackout before the game.

When Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was asked what the team did, he said, “Stood around. Talked. Wondered how this happens to at a professional football stadium.”

Safety Ryan Clark said it might have all been staged by the 49ers to get them a new stadium.

“I just feel like San Francisco took a big stage to show the NFL and to show the state of California that they needed a new stadium. I think it was a very strategic move and Candlestick may be no more very soon,” Clark said.

“This is an old place,” added Steelers linebacker James Farrior, “or they didn’t pay their light bill.”